June 24, 2010
Proudly presenting Voxtar™ - the world´s first and only renewable pentaerythritol
Being made from renewable raw materials and with renewable energy, Voxtar™ cuts carbon footprint by 63% compared to conventional Penta. At the same time, Voxtar™ ensures the identical security, efficiency and performance advantages that you’ve come to depend on.
 Voxtar™ combines high performance and lower environmental impact in end products such as alkyd paints and coatings, synthetic lubricants, and cosmetics. And it enables you to capitalize on the growing demand for certified renewable alternatives, in these and more applications. With Voxtar™, we're turning environmental challenges into pure performance and pure advantage for your business.
The pure advantage of higher value & lower impact
The world’s first & only renewable pentaerythritol platform
As a leading global supplier of pentaerythritol and its derivatives and in our commitment to developing solutions that combine high performance and low environmental impact, we are proud to present Voxtar™ – our newest product line and the world’s first pentaerythritol platform based on renewable raw materials and energy.
Voxtar™ renewability is independently certified and shrinks carbon footprint by 63% compared to conventional Penta and Di-Penta, all while providing the same trusted efficiency, security and high performance. With Voxtar™ we have just made it ingeniously simple to cut your environmental impact, differentiate your offer, sharpen your competitive edge, and demonstrate your commitment to your customers’ success – both in today’s competitive business environment and in helping them meet the challenges of tomorrow. Further maximizing your value, Voxtar™ products help you capitalize on the growing demand for renewable alternatives in a number of niche applications. It enhances performance and minimizes environmental impact in a wide range of end products including high performance alkyd paints and coatings, synthetic lubricants, cosmetic emollients, adhesives and printing inks.
What’s more, Voxtar™ shares all these advantages, adding value all the way through the value chain to the end user. It all adds up to a winning formula for pure advantage.
Minimizing impact, maximizing value every step of the wayReduce carbon footprint by 63%A carbon footprint is a declaration of a product’s impact on climate change, calculated in terms of the greenhouse gases produced throughout its lifecycle. Carbon footprints are key environmental indicators to understand both how you impact climate change and how to reduce that impact. While our Penta is a product with a reasonable environmental profile compared to many chemicals, we have now improved it even further. One of the most effective ways to shrink the carbon footprint of a product is to replace fossil-based raw materials and energy with renewable alternatives. This is precisely how Voxtar™ cuts carbon footprint so significantly, by 63% compared to conventional Penta.
We are strongly committed to providing sustainable solutions that limit environmental impact and climate change. And with Voxtar™ we help enable a greener future. Further, carbon footprint declarations are quickly becoming a ‘license to operate’ in some markets. And proven reductions in carbon footprint can give you a clear advantage over competitors, let you sell your products at a premium, potentially save you money on carbon emission credits and even allow you to sell surplus emission credits for a profit.
Renewable raw materials & energy inside
The raw materials we use to produce our Voxtar™ products are based fully or partially on renewable resources, depending on the grade. Naturally, our suppliers are certified according ISO 14040 and ISO 14020 environmental standards.
Our Voxtar™ range includes two grades: the 100 grade, in which all carbons in the product are based on renewable raw materials, and the 50 grade, in which two of five carbons and four of ten carbons respectively in Penta and Di-Penta, are renewable. All grades are produced with the renewable energy that has been powering parts of our production since 1991 at our Perstorp, Sweden site.
Green credibilityCradle to gate & cradle to grave with Voxtar™
Today, we know that the cradle to gate carbon footprint of Voxtar™ is significantly smaller than that of fossil-based pentaerythritol. That covers upstream lifecycle, from extraction of natural resources and raw material production, down to all the energy production and transportation required until the final Voxtar™ product arrives at our customer’s gate. The Voxtar™ carbon footprint is well documented according to international standards and certified by a third party. And the underlying Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been prepared according to the ISO standard for environmental product declarations.
We care about minimizing the environmental impact of our products and their environmental impact in downstream usage. We look forward to supporting you to reduce your carbon footprint.
Independently certified renewability
Our certification process will guarantee the renewability and full traceability of all Voxtar™ products. We understand that independent certification is vital to meeting your demands and the growing demands of your customers and the entire value chain for credible, traceable, renewable alternatives.
Voxtar™ segments in focusThe new benchmark in environmentally sound, high performance paints
The main application area of the Voxtar™ M series, like Penta, is as a branching monomer for alkyd resins used in paints, typically for architectural and joinery applications. With Voxtar™ technology, the renewable content of an alkyd resin can exceed 80%. Furthermore, waterborne alkyds based on Voxtar™ M100 or Voxtar™ M50 offer truly environmentally friendly paint, combining low VOC with exceptional renewable content. High-solid alkyds and alkyd emulsion paints based on Voxtar™ secure superior environmental performance with up to 40% reduction in carbon footprint compared to traditional petroleum-based latex paints.
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